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Bug Killer....What's best?

So far I have been able to keep most of the spiders/bugs out of the house. But they seem to be winning the war. I have...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ninebal310
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by ninebal310

Degree Days

Some of you may be interested in this. www.degreedays.net I just got an oil delivery and wanted to calculate the real d...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by esp
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by esp

Requesting help for AO Smith Water Heater...

Hi, I own a condominium which uses a AO Smith Natural Gas Model FPS 40 216 Water Heater. I imagine it was installed at...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gamouning
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by gamouning

another shed project question

I have my shed almost finished.....I poured slab, then one row of concrete blocks, and then built shed....It rained qui...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cheapdave
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by cheapdave

Touching up bathtub caulk

I just re-caulked a bath tub for the first time. In one spot, I took off a little too much caulk when smoothing the bea...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by JimmyGeldburg
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by JimmyGeldburg

Snowblower tires

My snowblower tires are too soft. I try pumping them up with my bicycle pump but they seem to stay at the same level. Ar...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by spambreakerNOSPAM
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by spambreakerNOSPAM

Gluing plastic drop cloths

I need to glue plastic drop cloths to a metal frame but the caulk I have tested wont adhere to the plastic. I tried as...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Mark_Ransley
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by Mark_Ransley

US: Chinese drywall not harmful

"[WASHINGTON] Federal product-safety regulators said Thursday that their sampling of Chinese drywall emits higher conce...
27 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
27 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller

There no doubt that houses are getting "smarter" all the time. More and more new homes are coming with goodies like ala...
84 comments posted 17yrs
posted by robert_green1963
84 comments posted 17yrs posted by robert_green1963

Motor question

I have a 115v, 1 1/8 HP motor with a faceplate rating of 13 Amps. It actually draws 17 Amps (according to the Kill-A-Wa...
32 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
32 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

Save money

On reconditioned power tools from Amazon....
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by heybub
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by heybub

Oven not lighting up, need help.

Hopfully someone here can shed some light on this. I have an Avanti 24" gas stove with electronic ignition. This oven,...
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mikepier
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by mikepier

WATER/AIR HYDRONIC SYSTEM WITH HEAT-PUMP

I've been designing and working on this for over a year and have a home that facilitates experimentation fairly eas...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by lonnrodine_at_creativec_dot_us
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by lonnrodine_at_creativec_dot_us

Turn thermostat down or leave steady?

Please forgive me while I troll for a moment..... Is it energy saving to turn the thermostat down, when leaving the hou...
107 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cayoung61**spamblock##
107 comments posted 17yrs posted by cayoung61**spamblock##